- Future Publishing: The Bath-based magazine outfit is launching four new video channels for some of its web portals. It’s tapped The Web TV Enterprise to distribute shows for Games Radar, Computer & Video Games, T3 and Bike Radar, all of which will include pre-roll ads. Via Media Week.

- Charlatans: Joining the growing line of free-to-download acts, Tim Burgess’ guitar band claims its latest album, You Cross My Path, has been downloaded more than 60,000 times since Xfm’s website made is available as a free and exclusive download on its website a week ago. Billboard observes that would have given it the number two slot in this week’s album chart. Manager Alan McGhee: “I feel we are totally vindicated with the philosophy that if you go free and make a great record, you can exceed your dreams. No longer does music have to work in the traditional major label dominated way.”

- IPTV: Western European services helped double worldwide internet TV subscribers to 12.3 million in ‘07, an Informa report says, our part of the planet making up 57 percent of subs. France led the way, with free services from Iliad, Neuf Cegetel and Telecom Italia’s Alice clocking up five million subs. Via Reuters.